Canal Boat — February 2018

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Happy to pass on lessons from personal experience

Having just finished my January edition lazing on

the Thames in Oxford, I feel I may be able to assist

with a couple of the back cabin topics from personal

experience.

Firstly, Viv Chewins, or anyone else’s, Yanmar

fuel leak. This could be the fuel leak off pipe where

it seals to the injector, it appears to be a metal to

metal joint, however there is in fact an O ring on the

injector that seals the leak off pipe banjo, and over

time these can start to leak. Tightening will not help,

the rubber O rings need to be replaced (and the

sealing washers below the banjo).

Secondly, belt sizes, I’m not an expert, but I do

know it can be a minefield! Dave Mull gives his

belt size as 1157Lp. He states his new belt is 1157,

however he does not mention the Lp. As far as I

am aware the suffix to the length, Lp, La, Li (and

others) are crucial to obtain the correct belt, as

they denote where the belt is measured (internal,

external, average). Therefore one can have three

different length belts with the same numeric length

printed on them, the only difference being the Lp,

La, Li etc.

Must go, there’s lots of mince pies warming on

the stove just asking to be eaten....

EDWIN DUNMORE Nb Jennyanne

The picture shows nb Sammy Rose which is based at

Ashwood Marina on the Staffs and Worcester Canal.

She was built by Les Allan in 1986 and refitted by

Perrydale Narrowboats in 2016.

The design is a traditional style with a boatman’s

cabin, exposed engine room with Perkins 3 cylinder

46hp engine, but with fully modernised living

accommodation. The steam engine in the background

is a Great Western Manor 4-6-0 no 7820 Dinmore

Manor, on its last day of operation on the Churnet

Valley Railway on loan from the Gloucestershire

Warwickshire Railway. The train and the narrowboat

are heading North, with Consall station of the Churnet

Valley Railway in the background.

DAVE GILBERT, Via email

Picture perfect!